‘We will never forget’: Emotional crowd greets B.C. search team returning from Turkey
“You fought for us. We will never forget these days, especially how you helped,” wrote one grateful supporter in a letter to the team.
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8 People Rescued in Turkey Nearly 200 Hours After Quake
The first 72 hours are critical for finding survivors after natural disasters. The people rescued in Turkey on Tuesday had been under rubble for nearly 200 hours.
Seven more people rescued in Turkey eight days after earthquake
The survivors, including two teenagers, saved as rescue teams look to next phase of aidSeven more people have been rescued eight days after a massive earthquake hit Turkey and Syria, but hopes of finding further survivors of what the World Health Organ…
Ikea Foundation sends shelters to Syria and Turkey as firms offer earthquake aid
First relief housing units arrive in Hatay province, Amazon sends food and blankets and Allianz donates €6mThe Ikea Foundation has sent 5,000 flatpack shelters to southern Turkey and northern Syria to house people left homeless by the earthquake last w…
Turkey earthquake: Rescuers continue to pull survivors on day 8
Efforts to help survivors and count the dead and injured in Syria were marred by the continued divisions from 12 years of civil war.
Isolation and Resignation in Turkish Villages Hit by Earthquake
In rural southern Turkey, some villages were cut off from aid for days, and locals were left to fend for themselves.
Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Syrian president allows more UN aid access as search for survivors enters final hours
Search operation continues for the possible survivors in quake-hit southeast Turkey and northern Syria. At least 36,000 people have been killed and tens of thousands injured after a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck Turkey and Syria.
‘Exhausted’ B.C. rescue team returns home from Turkey earthquake zone Tuesday
The Burnaby Urban Search and Rescue team deployed last week to help find victims of devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria, will return to B.C., Tuesday.
Calgary man in Turkey finds bodies of mother and sister, struggles to help surviving siblings
A Calgary man in Turkey has discovered the bodies of his mother and sister after the devastating earthquake and is struggling to help his surviving — but injured — siblings.
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